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Topic: More politicisation of legacy payment systems (Read 650 times)

legendary
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September 19, 2013, 10:15:43 PM
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Anything that makes legacy systems less useful is good news for bitcoin.
legendary
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Eadem mutata resurgo
September 19, 2013, 09:57:38 PM
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/10322072/Banks-to-block-internet-porn-sites.html

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Websites which fail to stop children accessing pornography will have payments to them blocked by banks and credit card companies as part of a government plan to help clean up the internet,

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Purveyors of explicit images will be starved of paying customers under the proposals, even if the material itself is not illegal. It is thought to be the first time banks have been asked effectively to police the internet in such a way.
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